5 Things On My Mind: 'Iron Lung' review, 'Wind River' revisit, and standing your ground
A few semi-wise words from your bearded, opinionated south city mad man.
Streamers don’t make being productive easy. Granted, following an eight-hour work day with some Uber driving afterwards doesn’t leave a lot of candle under the wick--but the urge to get something done never really dies. Getting there is the hard part sometimes. Such as a time when HBO Max picks up Mad Men, or Netflix acquiring all the James Bond movies.
Hot take right off the jump: I don’t like all of the James Bond movies. In a conversation with someone who understands my mind like a very good-looking Sherlock Holmes, I landed on something that has been too hard to say as a film critic. It’s like saying Star Wars is overrated or “no I haven’t seen any of The Lord of the Rings movies.” The admission isn’t easy, but in time the reveal does come.
While I respect the older renditions of Bond and may go back to them when I am done binging Sopranos and Banshee two more times, I will state that the Daniel Craig films are my favorite because that’s the sort of Bond that I wanted. Rugged, fight-prone, trigger-happy, and still smooth and charming as fuck. Whoever does it next… good luck.
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